Improvement in egg-holders



A. W. PORTER.

Egg-Holder;

Patented Jan 26,1875,

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AN SELL W. PORTER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,2 13, dated January26, 1875; application filed January 13, 1875.

drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof an eggholder, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation,referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my egg-holder. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamp.

A represents the foot or stand of my eggholder, made of porcelain,Bohemian glass, or any other suitable material, and is composed of abase and an upward-projecting stem or shank. It may be made plain orornamented in any desired manner, and it is made hollow, as shown inFig. 2. The clamp or holder proper is cut or stamped out of sheet metal,and bent in proper shape to form the sheetmetal ring B, withupward-projecting springarms, 0 (J, and downward-projecting springarms,D D. The upper arms, 0, are formed at their upper ends with spear-shapedheads or jaws to a, and the lower ends of the lower arms, D, are bentoutward, as shown at b b. A ring, (I, is slipped over the arms D, tosurround thepart B of the clamp, to which it is soldered. The holderthus constructed is inserted into the upper end of the stand A down tothe ring d, which forms a shoulder resting on the upper end of thestand. In the lower part of the clamp or holder thus inserted in thestand is inserted a slightly-tapering plug, G, which answers twoimportant purposes.

The plug should be made of cork, rubber, or other suitable elasticmaterial, and forms a cushion for the point of the egg to rest upon. Italso acts as a wedge to spread the arms D D and hold them against theinner sides of the stand, and thus prevent the clamp or holder fromcoming out easily. The egg rests, as stated, on the upper end of theplugG, and is held by the jaws a of the spring-arms O O. The plug G iseasily pushed out from underneath when it is desired to remove the clampor holder from the stand for cleaning or other purposes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The clamp or holder consisting of the part B, arms 0 G, with jaws a.a, and arms D 1), and the ring d, surrounding and fastened to the partB, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the hollow stand A, clamp or holder B O D, withexterior ring d, and the elastic plug Gr, all substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this12th day of January, 1875.

ANSELL W. PORTER.

Witnesses:

H. A. HALL, J. M. MASON.

